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Some Portland weirdness
Oregon cyclist Hal Ballard posted this picture in a Facebook group. (You may or not be able to see the original post). You may click on the image for a larger view. Here is a Google Street View from before … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, SLM
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, crosswalk, curb, Oregon, Portland
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Bike Box at Charlesgate East
This post is about the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and Charlesgate East in Boston, Massachusetts, an intersection with a “bike box” — a waiting area for bicyclists downstream of where motorists stop for traffic signals. More generally, this post … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, crash, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, Oregon, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular, video
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Truck side skirts: reliable way to prevent cyclist fatalities?
No, not reliable, though some are better than others. Some are also supposed to confer an aerodynamic advantage. Some have a smooth surface which can deflect a cyclist. That is still no guarantee that the cyclist will escape serious injury … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes
Tagged bicycle, Boston, Boston Bikes, collision, collision avoidance, Oregon, Portland, safety, side guard, side skirt, traffic, Treehugger, truck, underrun, vehicle
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Scaling up and scaling down
New York bicycling advocate Steve Faust has stated that some ways of accommodating bicycling do not “scale up” — that is, they work with small numbers of cyclists, but less well with larger numbers. His central complaint is that use … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, New York City, Traffic Signals
Tagged advanced stop line, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, collision, crash, crosswalk, Oregon, Portland, safety, traffic, traffic signal, vehicle
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The Gilham Road raised bike lane, Eugene, Oregon
I don’t think we are going to do that design again, but it was an interesting experiment. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, bike lane, crash, curb, cycle track, Eugene, mountable curb, Oregon, raised bike lane
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What color is your bike lane?
Should the pavement in a crosswalk, or special on-street bicycle facility, be painted a special color? Under what conditions? What color? European countries use color. Let’s look at a few examples and see what they might teach us. First let … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged AASHTO, APBP, Bik lane, Bikes Belong, color, conflict zone, Denmark, Germany, Madison, MUTCD, Oregon, Portland
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Child passenger prohibitions — Massachusetts law, Oregon bill
Eli Damon, who lives in Massachusetts, as I do, has drawn attention to a bill introduced into the Oregon legislature to ban child passengers under 6 years old on bicycles. Eli cited an online article: “No Biking With Kids Under … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, child seat, helmet, law, Massachusetts, Oregon, statute
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Streetcars and bicycles
The rails for the E line branch of the Green Line subway/streetcar in Boston, Massachusetts, USA occupied the middle of two-lane Centre Street for over 20 years after service was discontinued. There had been a proposal to redo the street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged Bicycling, Copenhagen, Oregon, Portland, streetcar, streetcars, tracks, tram
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Portland, Oregon HAWK Beacon
A HAWK beacon installation at 41st and East Burnside Avenue in Portland, Oregon, is unusual, as it applies to bicyclists, not only pedestrians This posting describes the Portlan HAWK beacon installation and makes recommendations for improvements. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities
Tagged beacon, bicycle, HAWK, HAWK beacon, Oregon, pedestrian, Portland
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Hawthorne Bridge discussion gets thorny
Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk is rarely a better choice than riding in the street, but it is better on the Hawthorne bridge in Portland, Oregon, which has a narrow roadway with a treacherous steel-grid deck. I first rode … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, collision, crash, curb, Hawthorne, Hawthorne Bridge, Mark Stosberg, Oregon, pedestrian, physicall separated, Portland, safety, separated, sidepath, sidewalk, Stosberg, vehicle, vehicular
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